Nine To Thrive HR

Bill Craib, Senior Faculty member at HCI, describes the Strategic HR capabilities needed by HR professionals to influence and lead change during these turbulent times. Bill illustrates how learning design and deployment has changed to meet the reality of remote work. Finally, Bill shares his perspective about how the pandemic is disrupting traditional HR processes and accelerating the future of wo...

Allison Holzer, Author, “Dare to Inspire: Sustain the Fire of Inspiration in Work and Life,” describes the connection between purpose, inspiration, and engagement. She shares how purpose can be used to drive better employee experiences and better business outcomes. In this podcast, Allison previews her presentation and the key takeaways you will learn at HCI's 2020 Employee Engagement Conference,...

How do you design learning to be effective, relevant, and engaging? In this episode, we speak to Lynsey Duncan of D2L and Kara Mitchelmore, CEO of the Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED) about how CPLED successfully planned, designed, and executed a new certification course. Learn about how they worked with vendors and SMEs to develop a compelling learning experience. Hear how...

Talent acquisition is in a tight spot. It's a candidate's market, and the candidates know it. Not only are employers struggling to fill key roles, they are also struggling to retain talent. In this episode, we speak with Allyn Bailey of Intel about a new strategic initiative to prioritize talent pipelines over filling requisitions. How do we balance automation with the human touch in recruiting? I...

One of the biggest challenges when hiring a new employee is verifying their knowledge, skills, and abilities. Too often, a well-padded resume and a charming personality are enough to get the offer. Yvette Cameron and the Velocity Network Foundation are working to change that. Grounded in the concept of Self-Sovereign Identity and build on the foundation of Blockchain technology, the Velocity Netwo...

In this podcast, Rachael Chesley of Purchasing Power reveals ways to help workers -- and organizations -- swim through today’s financial waves. Employees are likely to feel as if they’re drowning in financial stress, especially during times of uncertainty, and when unexpected costs come out of nowhere. Employers have ways to ensure their people stay afloat, so long as they know what causes financi...

Recorded deep below the surface of the earth in a studio sound-proofed with extra toilet paper. We talk with Chris Bailey on how to adjust to the challenges and stressors of working in a shelter in place world. Chris Bailey is a Productivity and Performance Expert and Bestselling Author of Hyperfocus and the Productivity Project. Watch Chris present on the topic of Hyperfocus at the 2020 Strategic...

The language of business is data. HR needs to speak it if it hopes to make a strategic contribution. In this episode, we catch up with HCI Faculty Member, Cindi Koetzle. We learn how advancing people analytics capabilities can transform your organization and discuss how HR professionals can develop better data fluency in themselves and their colleagues. Learn more about these topics and HCI's Peop...

Listen to Senior HCI Faculty Member, Mark Hacker, share his perspectives and wealth of experience about the responsibilities and critical skills of the human resources business partner (HRBP). We discuss the critical challenges of retaining talent, closing skills gaps, and how HRBPs can find and implement solutions. Learn more on how to become a Strategic HR Business Partner: https://www.hci.org/s...

When's the last time you read an inspiring job posting? We'll wait. While we were waiting, we recorded this episode of Nine to Thrive HR with Katrina Kibben about the importance of job postings as a way to increase the quality of your recruiting pipeline. Katrina will also be running a workshop on the same topic at HCI's 2020 Strategic Talent Acquisition Conference in Boston, MA. Learn more at www...

Talent is the only sustainable source of competitive advantage in the modern economy. That's a lot of pressure on HR don't you think? In this episode, we talk with HCI faculty member Phil Fenech about how HR professionals can raise their strategic game. We discuss how developing your financial acumen, analytics literacy, and consulting skills can better position you to address crucial areas like r...

Digital trends in the economy are increasing the demand for digital skills in nearly every industry. Sounds like another workforce planning nightmare in the making, right? Maybe not, we caught up with Nicholas Garbis, Former Global Head for Strategic Workforce Planning at Allianz to talk about how to identify and plan for new and maybe unfamiliar talent segments. Want to hear more on this topic? S...

What is strategic workforce planning and, perhaps more importantly, what is it not? Why does it matter and how do the best organizations use it to close talent gaps? Get the answers to these and several other questions in this lively discussion with Mark Allen, Ph. D., speaker, consultant, author, and HCI faculty member. Mark also teaches at Pepperdine University's Graziado School of Business and...

Workforce planning never was easy, but in an age of uncertainty and shifting priorities predicting and prioritizing future talent needs is acutely challenging for most of us. In this podcast, we catch up with Dan L. Ward of NASA and learn how renewing on scenario planning can improve the workforce planner's ability to flex and adapt to changing priorities. Want to learn more from Dan? Come see him...

Cheree Aspelin, Director of Culture and Inclusion at Lubrizol, stresses the importance of an inclusive mindset for leaders. She shares how it can be developed and why mindset doesn't always lead to action. In this 10-minute podcast, Cheree previews her keynote presentation and the key takeaways you will learn at HCI's 2020 Inclusive Diversity Conference in San Francisco on April 27-28, 2020. https...

Chaveso “Chevy” Cook is a Major in the U.S. Army, a former instructor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at United States Military Academy, and a current doctoral student at Tufts University. In this 10-minute podcast, Chevy shares the distinctions between diversity, inclusion, and equity. He previews his keynote presentation and the key takeaways you will learn at HCI's 2020...

Changes in work are impacting leadership trends and leadership development altogether, and new expectations that employees have of leaders will evolve even more as we prepare for the future of work, according to the most recent Deloitte Insights Report. The research behind the report shows a growing importance of how organizations identify leaders and develop leaders for the future. The introducti...

We want to believe that a great strategy will win the day but, if people don’t understand it and how it applies to them, the rubber never meets the proverbial road. In this episode, we catch up with Leadership Expert, Best-selling Author, Speaker and Educator Greg Zlevor about the importance of strategic alignment in your organization and how to support the process as a leader and a follower. Want...

With the right HR technology, including online reference checking, AAA Alliance Club is able to save a lot of money by simply saving time. Technology enables talent acquisition leaders and recruiters to put the right person in the right role, and identify qualified candidates that will be ideal culture fits, too. Recruiters can communicate with candidates using tech that allows for time to be bett...

To develop people and grow organizations, performance management processes must center on a model for continuous, high-quality feedback. Feedback is simply information on an individual’s progress toward a goal. Yet, fear of giving and receiving feedback stops the flow throughout organizations. This podcast features Karin Hurt, author and CEO, who shares her tips and models for addressing feedback...

You know you’ve achieved greatness in your leadership development program when it helps deliver top candidates and retains high-performers. But there’s more: The program also aligns with your company’s vision and provides the finest experiences at work, those that might even change the lives of employees. This podcast joins talent management and organizational development leaders of the University...

Financial stress, relationship stress, all kinds of stress … all stress impacts employees’ abilities to focus on their jobs and do their best work. Plus, employees never really “kick it at the door.” Stress comes to work with them, and it can really hinder productivity and engagement. Stress doesn’t make itself obvious, so it’s challenging for leaders to step in and help their people. As Rob Stewa...

During a time of low engagement and high stress at work, Google’s Learning and Development team got some survey results that prompted serious change, especially for their female workers. The results showed a striking difference in wellbeing between female and male employees, with that of females being so low that it caused great concern for Google’s leaders. They immediately began to make things b...

In this competitive candidates’ market, organizations are doing all they can to attract, recruit, and retain talent. This podcast features Deb Wolfsen Human Resources Manager at EPS Security. From her experience leading the HR and talent acquisition function, Deb shares the challenges and investments in recruiting processes at her medium-sized business. We discuss new research, sponsored by HCI an...

Inclusive diversity is one of the most important parts of talent management strategy, but there must be a reliable reason behind the madness. Successful inclusive diversity execution requires more than looking at different skillsets, knowledge and people, and planning ways they can help make organizations better. Data is the differentiator in making your inclusive diversity initiatives work. Data...